http://www.forumapex.com/ Motherboard and CPU help. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:11:23 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.forumapex.com/images/pcapex/misc/rss.jpg http://www.forumapex.com/ http://www.forumapex.com/motherboards_cpus/160412-computer_keeps_freezing_up_on_me.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:44:27 GMT Hi guys,

I'm pretty sure that this is a motherboard issue, which is too bad for me, because I love this board. The board is a GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3P, and I'm running G-SKILL 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Ram, and my proccessor is a Core Duo E8400 Wolfdale.

I've got the BIOS settings for the board "use safest settings" instead of maxing everything out, and I've never overclocked anything. It's straight up.

Problem is, sometimes I'll be on the pc and everything on the screen freezes, and that's it. No keyboard function, no mouse, no nothing. And, if I'm listening to music, the music "skips" much like a music cd that skips, but it does it about 20 X's faster, producing a really nasty sound. I'd say on average it freezes anywhere from once a week to 3 x's a week, and I don't think it has anything to do with the load, as I'm rarely taxing this pc. Word, an SNES emulator, musc, not much else.

Also, I've tried multiple HDD's all SATA, but the problem persists, even after a fresh reformat.

I guess my question is, I really like this mobo, and they don't make it anymore. Is it possible that the RAM is faulty, or a BIOS error? I've never flashed the BIOS, and the board is a Rev 1.0. I can flash it, but I'd like to hear what you guys my have to say first.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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